Topsy Turvy Week

Sun setting behind the Emerald Grand....this was Tuesday 19th of  Oct. The sunset gradually moves to left and we have a great view of it for the next 4 months until it finally makes it's way back to the West. Changes with seasons due to the earths distance from the sun........will document today's sunset and compare. I was surprised that it moved as far towards our Eastern side as it did this month. The first of Oct. it was sinking to the right of the "Massive Over Built Emerald Grand."  Sorry but I feel that it was a bad decision to build so large on that spot.....I'm not a fan of the improvements there. But that's just my personal opinion. We walk there from home and our friends and family visiting always enjoy it. But I remember things the way they were before and silently grieve for them.

Tricia and Lee Ann Halloween, 1987, Lee Ann 3 and Tricia 5.  Tricia wanted me to paint her face and I did then she started crying because she said she was too ugly!!! So we took the paint off except for a little and she became a gypsy instead of a witch! The Jack O Lantern wore the witches hat :) Lee Ann had a minnie mouse mask...you can see it's gone to the table in exchange for a big piece of candy!

Oldie of Tricia and niece Amber on the beach....fall of 86. Amber is as brown as a beaver.

My precious angels! 

When I see Amber with Holland and Hudson, her boys, I am amazed how fast time went by!

This week has been full of surprises and changes. So I am pulling up my socks and walking outside to work in the yard, where there is peace and quiet, except for the Raptor that occasionally roars over head making an unbelievable amount noise. It is so fast that by the time the loudest noise is upon you the plane is gone! I do mean roar. The hanger and landing strip are behind us on the other side of the Choctawhatchee Bay. We always have an air show going on here!

There are also some old WW II planes that fly on Thursday evenings and most Saturdays and Sundays, around the harbor and the Emerald Grand, they are very loud and right in our front door. Frankly I am a little scared by them because two have crashed since March doing stunts. They crashed East of us about 3 miles down the beach over the Gulf in the Miramar Beach area.  Not so sure it's a good idea for them to fly the Harbor Walk.....but I'm just one little person up here on the mountain shaking in my boots! Wade loves it and so does nephew Colton, and all of the other air enthusiast that live in the area. :)

There are alot of things happening here in Destin this weekend. The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation "Arts Festival" is going on this weekend in Henderson Park on the beach. There is also a very large Harley Davidson gathering here this weekend. Not sure about the details on that, probably gathering at the Boardwalk in Fort Walton. The church in front of our house has a sign up that says "HOG WASH this weekend ALL HOGS WELCOME!" Not sure if they are washing motorcycles or souls! Probably Both!!!

This picture was taken Tuesday evening in Destin.  Saturday is the full moon and we will be on the beach for sunset and moon rise. I am collecting firewood to take down for a small fire. Will send pictures soon!  Hope you have a safe and fun weekend.